Liam-Leaving Puerto Escondido

The day we were leaving, we got up, cleaned the boat, and then went to the
dock, we went for quick swim, got some stuff at the store, I played some
soccer and then we left.
We were going to try to get into Honey Moon cove but there were too many
boats so we went to Bahia Marquer.
When we got there, we watched Doctor Who, the episode was called Curse of
Fatal Death, it was a funny one, it was the episode that the people that

were trying to be the doctor were in. One of the guys was Mr. Bean.

Then the next day we did home school and then went out fishing, we got a lot
of bites, and then my brother caught a really little bass so we let it go,
then I got something but as we were reeling it in it got away. Then I got
something we thought was a rock, but when we got it next to the dingy we
realised it was a really big barred pargo, so we took it back to the boat,
my brother and dad went back out so Kai could catch something. He got little

fish and let them go, but then he got a trigger fish that got away at the

side of the dingy. So then we ate the pargo for dinner.

Now today, June 30, 2010.

We got up and we are doing home school.

Rocky and Brew came in next to us.

Ok, it's over. Now it's time to do something else

By Liam

Kai - Hello

Hello everyone.


We left Puerto Escondido today. We had been there for quite a while. We met some kids at the marina, but we never talked to each other, well, I said sorry when I tripped over their computer cord. My dad also got stung by a bee in the mouth when he was drinking his beer.

We also met Bill again on "Rocky and Brew." His girl friend came down and we all took their rental car to Loreto. The high way was really thin, and Bill said that sometimes cows walk out onto the road. The drive was about twenty minutes and the view was really nice,

First they took us to a Sunday Market. We walked around and we bought new pliers, because a Mexican Barracuda made us drop the old ones when we were trying to get the hook out.

We also bought lots of fresh fruits. Mangos, Bananas, plums, grapes, and apples. We had some of the bananas plums and grapes today.

After we drove around, and we did a bit more groceries shopping. We bought drinks, hotdogs, chips, and beer. After we went to a really good taco restaurant. I had fish and beef tacos. They were great! Then we started walking around a church and checked it out, but we didn't go in. Then we got ice cream. I don't know the name of what I had, but it was rainbow coloured and it was good.

After we were all done we went back to our boats.

Today we got ready to leave. We cleaned up and Liam and I made lunch. (Grilled cheese sandwich). While we were getting everything ready on deck, a really big Whale Shark swam right next to our boat! It was really cool!

After we were all ready, we went to the dock and filled the water tanks up, and Liam and I had a last swim in the pool while my dad sat with everyone else, and then we left.

We motored across the channel to an anchorage, but it was full, so we motored about another thirty minutes to where we are now. We had noodles for dinner and now we are going to watch an old funny doctor who with Mr. Bean tonight. It is called: "The Curse of Fatal Death."

Bye,
Kai

Peter - Catch Up

First off, thanks to everyone who is reading. Kai and Liam are writing this blog as part of their home-schooling while on the boat; it is nice to know that so many folks are stopping by.

Not sure of days as they don't seem to mean much while afloat. However, we went to La Paz a while back to reprovision and to top off our water tanks. It was a successful port as we managed to get in and out in record time. On our way out we were stopped by the Mexican Navy. They explained it all in Spanish, then took a picture of our hand-held VHF radio...

From there we went up to the Islands of Espiritu Santu. The weather was great and Kai and Liam got to explore the coves by Kayak.

We spent a couple of days in these islands. Of course it is not all fun and games. There is serious homework to be done also.

From the islands we sailed north along the coast up to a small town called San Everisto. Kai and Liam fished on route but did not come up with anything. It was a good sail with Kai entertaining us on the way.

We anchored to the north of town. They package salt here. We got to explore the salt ponds.

From there we sailed north. We had planed on stopping at Los Gato - an anchorage we heard was really nice. We pulled in but found it a bit too rocky, so we continued north to the small fishing village of Agua Verde.

 This was a really nice stop as we got to explore and meet up with our friends on the sailing vessel Jacaranda. They were the first people we spoke to on the SSB radio when we first entered Mexico last year, and the first people we met when we finally arrived into the Sea of Cortez a month later. We did not seem them again last year, but have been lucky to meet up with them a few times this season. Chuck on Jacaranda is great fisher, and the Kai and Liam were treated to accompany him on a couple of his dingy fishing excursions.

And an hour and a half later, they are back with their catch. With a bit of help from Chuck the Kai and Liam cleaned the fish, and later that night, Linda from Jacaranda cooked up a great meal for us all on their boat. A pretty good Fathers' Day for me.

Of course, the World Cup is on, so we have to try to see whatever games we can, where we can. We know that if Mexico is playing we can find someone just about anywhere who is watching it. In Agua Verde we went for a walk through the village in the morning and we were invited into someone's house. We did not understand each other, but we were given the main couch in front of the TV.

We spent a few days in Agua Verde and really enjoyed ourselves. Lots of fishing, swimming, kayaking, snorkeling, and hanging out with friends. Kai and I went for a hike on our last night there and we took some pictures. That is us on Outrider on the left and our friends Jacaranda on the right.

We headed north to Puerto Escondido which is where we are now. We have a good friend here on the sailing vessel Rocky an Brew that we have been looking forward to seeing again.

That's all for now...

Peter

Hello - Kai

Hi every one.

We are still in Agua Verde. We were supposed to leave today, but we
decided to just hang around for another day.
Yesterday we went fishing. Liam caught two bass and two Trigger
Fish. We kept one trigger fish, and our boat friends, Jacaranda had it for
lunch. We also got fans hooked up in mine and Liam's bedroom. It is really
nice to have them.
We also moved to an anchorage on the other side of the bay, because
the winds started coming from the north. We had dinner there, and then
Jacaranda came over for a drink. Linda gave us a knot book, and she let us
borrow a book about the stars. Once they left, we all went to sleep.
The next morning, we woke up at eight to go to shore so we could
watch the soccer game, Mexico Vs Uruguay. Some locals let us into their
house to watch the game. I didn't watch too much. I mostly read my magazine.
Apparently Uruguay won one-zero. Liam said it was a very exciting match.
After we went to a little store and bought a drink and chips, and then
headed back to the boat for lunch.
We were going to have our fish we caught, but Jacaranda told us it
was probably too old. We agreed they were probably right, so we went out to
try to catch lunch. We were out there for about an hour. I didn't catch
anything, but Liam caught five fish. A Bass, a Lady fish, a Barracuda, and
two Needle fish. We didn't keep any. While we were trying to get the hook
out of the Barracuda, my dad accidentally dropped the pliers, so Chuck on
Jacaranda came to help us. He also went fishing too, and caught two
Cabrilla, and a big Skip Jack. He didn't keep any. So we went back and had
eggs with bacon instead. While we were gone, two new boat came in, so there
are four boat's anchored here. One is called V'ger, but I don't know the
name of the other one.
After we are done the homeschooling, we are going to go snorkelling
with Linda on Jacaranda. She was the first person that went snorkelling with
us, so she should now a lot about the fish.
Tonight we are going to watch Monty Python, our favourite!

Hasta Luego!

Kai

Liam-Stuff

Sorry but one day was kind of missed . We came to Agua Verde and on the way
I caught a skip jack tuna.

We were supposed to go to a place called Los Gatos but it was to choppy.

In Agua Verde we got a call on the VHF radio from our friends on a boat
called Jacaranda, they were in the bay that's about 15 minutes away from us,
so we went there. When we got there we kayaked to Jacaranda and said hi.
Then we went to the other boat called Masquerade to say hi because they're
friends of Jacaranda, and there was an eight year old girl. Then we went
kayaking with them.

While we were kayaking a manta ray kept swimming from kayak to kayak
underneath. We kayaked for about an hour and a half.

When we got back we had lunch, then we got a call from Jacaranda to see if
we would go fishing, so we went. We went with Chuck in his dingy, while
Masquerade went in their dingy.

We first went to some little rocks that were sticking out of the water and I
got a really big bight but the fish got away. Then I caught a grouper, about
half a mitre. Then we crossed the bay and my brother caught a cabrilla on
the other side but it was to small so we let it go, then we went further on
and didn't catch anything, then I caught a pergo, then further on I caught a
bass, then last my brother caught a bass.

Then we went back to our boat to clean the fish.

Masquerade caught three trigger fish.

We were getting ready to all go to Jacaranda for dinner, Masquerade was
there. We had the trigger fish. Then at sunset Linda on Jacaranda blew her
horn that is actually a conk shell, then we all tried it, it was really
hard.

Then we had cookies for a father's day dessert. Then we played with the
girl, then went back.

Now today, the 21st

We got up, did the boring home school, then did more fishing, I caught two
bass and two trigger fish, my brother got a lure stuck in the rocks so Chuck
cut the line, tide it to a cork, then dropped in the water, so he went back
to his boat and got his snorkelling stuff, so then he would just look for
the cork on the top of the water, then dive down and get his lure.

Then we went back to our boat and here I am again doing the rest of the
blog.

Now shoo

By Liam

Kai - Hi

Hi

We arrived in a small anchorage right on the other side of a small fishing
village yesterday. Most of the men either are fishermen, or they work for
the salt ponds. The people dig big ponds so that salt water fills up in
them, then the sun absorbs the water, but leaves lots of the salt. When we
have better internet connection we will put pictures.
We also explored the village. We bought some chips at a little
corner store in someone's house. We went down to the beach and then watched
the fishermen clean fish. They were cleaning: Jacks, Triggerfish, and
massive Cabrillas.
We headed back to the boat, and then I made pasta for dinner. The
next morning we got off the boat and too pictures of the salt ponds, checked
out the cemetery, and then left for "Los Gatos."
We fished most of the way, and while Liam and I were doing
homeschooling, the boat must have gone through a school of fish, because we
both got tugs. The fish snapped the line I was using, so I lost the leader,
and a really good lure. Liam's was fighting really hard, and when we got it
up to the side of the boat, we realised it was a Skip Jack Tuna. If you want
Skip Jack to taste good, you have to bleed it, and we were not interested in
doing that. So we released it.
We arrived in Los Gatos, but it was to rocky, so we went to a
different anchorage, but it was to rocky there, so we are heading to Agua
Verde right now. We have some boat friends there.
I hope to see you all soon.

Bye

Attack of the Navy

We left La Paz after worrying we were going to stay there much longer. We
came into the fuel dock, went to the restaurant and watched Spain vs.
Switzerland,(1-0 Switzerland) then set off to El Mezteno, Espiritu Santo.

About 5 minutes after I put my line in we saw a panga coming straight
towards us. But when it got to us it was actually the Navy so I brought my
line in. There were 4 guys, one came on board and made sure we had papers
for the boat and that we had safety equipment, and we were all good. At
first we thought that they were asking for fishing license. When we left we
took pictures of them. Then we saw them going to all the other boats.

After they left we put our lines back in.

About 4 hours later we got to El Mezteno with no fish on the hook. We got
there and had pizza for dinner.
(Nothing happened in the next couple hours)

The next day we got up and then went over to Isla Partida. When got there we
got there we went for a swim, it was pretty cold, but worth it.

Then we got the kayaks pumped up, and my brother and I went around half of
the bay and went in all the little caves and coves.

I while after we brought the kayaks back to the boat, and we went for a
swim. Then we had dinner.

After we watched a show called Monty Pythons.

(well come on, it's over, good bye.